Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong
黃之鋒
Joshua Wong in 2019
Joshua Wong in 2019
Secretary-General of Demosisto
In office
10 April 2016 – 30 June 2020
DeputyAgnes Chow
Kwok Hei-yiu
Chan Kok-hin
ChairmanNathan Law
Ivan Lam
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Convenor of Scholarism
In office
29 May 2011 – 20 March 2016
DeputyAgnes Chow
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMerge into Demosistō
Personal details
Born
Wong Chi-fung

(1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 27)
British Hong Kong
Political partyDemosistō (2016–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Scholarism (2012–2016)
EducationOpen University of Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃之鋒
Simplified Chinese黄之锋

Joshua Wong Chi-fung (Chinese: 黃之鋒; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Jīfūng; born 13 October 1996)[1] is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosisto until it disbanded following the implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Wong was previously convenor and founder of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism.[2][3] Wong first rose to international prominence during the 2014 Hong Kong protests, and his pivotal role in the Umbrella Movement resulted in his inclusion in TIME magazine's Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nomination for its 2014 Person of the Year;[4] he was further called one of the "world's greatest leaders" by Fortune magazine in 2015,[5][6] and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.

In August 2017, Wong and two other democracy activists were convicted and jailed for their roles in the occupation of Civic Square at the incipient stage of the 2014 Occupy Central protests; in January 2018, Wong was convicted and jailed again for failing to comply with a court order for clearance of the Mong Kok protest site during the Hong Kong protests in 2014. He also played a major role in persuading US politicians to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. Wong was disqualified by the Hong Kong government from running in forthcoming District Council elections. In June 2020, he announced he would be running for a Legislative Council seat in the upcoming election,[7] and officially applied on 20 July 2020,[8] before his nomination was invalidated on 30 July 2020 along with that of 11 other pro-democracy figures.[9] In December 2020, Wong was convicted and jailed for more than a year over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June 2019.[10][11]

  1. ^ Sibree, Bron (29 January 2020). "In Unfree Speech, Joshua Wong writes, 'our struggle is your struggle'". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ Lai, Alexis (30 July 2012). "'National education' raises furor in Hong Kong". Hong Kong: CNN International. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ^ Hsieh, Steven (8 October 2012). "Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education". The Nation. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Student Leader Joshua Wong Charged With Obstruction". Time. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ Yik Fei, Lam . World's Greatest Leaders: 10: Joshua Wong Archived 27 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Fortune.
  6. ^ AFP. H.K.'s Joshua Wong among 'world's greatest leaders': Fortune. 27 March 2015. Yahoo! News.
  7. ^ Mang, Carol; Chopra, Toby (19 June 2020). "Activist Joshua Wong says he plans to run for Hong Kong legislature". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Democracy activist Joshua Wong launches bid for Hong Kong legislature". Reuters. 19 July 2020.
  9. ^ Ho, Kelly; Grundy, Tom; Creery, Jennifer (30 July 2020). "Hong Kong bans Joshua Wong and 11 other pro-democracy figures from legislative election". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  10. ^ Davidson, Helen (2 December 2020). "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 13 and a half months over protest". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ Ramzy, Austin; May, Tiffany (2 December 2020). "Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Are Sentenced to Prison Over Hong Kong Protest". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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